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John F. Kelly

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[Wikipedia] John Francis Kelly is an American former political advisor and retired U.S. Marine Corps general who was the White House chief of staff for President Donald Trump from 2017 until 2019. He had previously been the secretary of homeland security in the Trump administration and was commander of United S

Quotes by John F. Kelly

I don't agree with registering people based on ethnicity or religion.

Agree

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I think we could very easily suffer a seriously catastrophic cyber event.

Could

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Years ago, people didn't wear seatbelts. Now, most people wouldn't get in a car without putting a seatbelt on.

Car

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One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine.

Day

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My sincere advice to any citizen considering moving to the United States and crossing our boundaries in irregular migration, my best advice…

Advice

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I work for one man. His name is Donald Trump. He has told me one thing: 'Secure the border.'

Border

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I'm pretty committed to the Constitution.

Committed

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The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power. Whether you're a second lieutenant working…

Captain

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The people that work the border will tell you that physical barriers, backed up by men and women, is what we need…

Fitness

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Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when men and women of character step forward…

Adversity

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My first time overseas was taking 10,000 tons of beer to Vietnam.

Beer

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If the Marines today are doing exactly the same thing their dads did in Vietnam and their granddads did in Korea and…

Good

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If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S. military man or woman, if there's only one there, and…

Country

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There will be no use of military forces in immigration. There will be no - repeat, no - mass deportations.

Immigration

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We are at war and, like it or not, that is a fact. It is not Bush's war, and it is not…

Away

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We cannot gamble with American lives. I will not gamble with American lives.

American

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I'm not for the mass collection of data. I go the other way.

Collection

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To join in the political fray, I don't think it convinces anyone. It just becomes a talking point on CNN.

Becomes

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Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary…

Captain

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If you were to build a wall from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, you would still have to back that…

Back

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